Saturday, 9 June 2012

Sunday, 10 June 2012
Monday, 11 June 2012
Tuesday, 12 June 2012

13.30 – 17.00

Emergencies in movement disorders

Chairpersons:

K. Bhatia (London, UK); I. Rektor (Brno, CZ)

13:30

Drug-induced movement disorders

I. Rektor (Brno, CZ)

14:15

Acute movement disorders (including anti-NMDA encephalitis and the like)

K. Bhatia (London, UK)

Coffee break

15:30

Iatrogenic disorders in Parkinson’s disease

J. Massano (Porto, PT)

16:15

Toxic-related movement disorders

P. Taba (Tartu, EE)

This teaching course is based on the input of the ENS Subcommittee
Movement Disorders (Chair: K. Bhatia (London, UK))

13.30 – 17.00

Room B

Epilepsy

Chairpersons:

P. Boon (Gent, BE); M. Seeck (Geneva, CH)

13:30

First seizure management

E. Beghi (Milan, IT)

14:15

Pharmacotherapy of epilepsy

M. Seeck (Geneva, CH)

15:00

Coffee break

15:30

Management of the difficult patient

P. Boon (Gent, BE)

Management of the elderly patient with seizures

H. Stefan (Erlangen, DE)

13.30 – 17.00

Room C

Management of acute ischaemic stroke

Chairpersons:

F. Fazekas (Graz, AT); M. Endres (Berlin, DE)

13:30

Imaging

F. Fazekas (Graz, AT)

14:15

Neuro-intervention

H. Mattle (Berne, CH)

15:00

Coffee break

15:30

Hemicraniectomy, hypothermia and experimental therapies

L.J. Kappelle (Utrecht, NL)

16:15

Anticoagulation and antiplatelet treatment

M. Endres (Berlin, DE)

This teaching course is based on the input of the ENS Subcommittee
Cerebrovascular Disorders (Chair: F. Fazekas (Graz, AT))

13.30 – 17.00

Room D

Focal neuropathies

Chairpersons:

M. Donaghy (Oxford, UK); P.J. Dyck (Rochester, UK)

13:30

Focal neuropathy – traps for the unwary

M. Donaghy (Oxford, UK)

14:15

Proximal nerve disorders: imaging and biopsy

P.J. Dyck (Rochester, UK)

15:00

Coffee break

15:30

Focal vasculitic neuropathies

A. Steinbrecher (Erfurt, DE)

16:15

Focal and multifocal diabetic neuropathies

G. Said (Paris, FR)

This teaching course is based on the input of the ENS Subcommittee
Peripheral Neuropathy (Chair: C. Sommer (Würzburg, DE))

13.30 – 17.00

Room E

Management of MS

Chairpersons:

A. Siva (Istanbul, TR); G. Comi (Milan, IT)

13:30

When and how to treat attacks?

A. Siva (Istanbul, TR)

14:15

Symptomatic treatment

O. Férnandez y Férnandez (Malaga, ES)

15:00

Coffee break

15:30

New strategies in neurorehabilitation

A. Thompson (London, UK)

16:15

Disease modifying treatments and the issue of responders versus non-responders

G. Comi (Milan, IT)

This teaching course is based on the input of the ENS Subcommittee
Multiple Sclerosis / Demyelinative Diseases of CNS (Chair: G. Comi (Milan, IT))

13.30 – 17.00

Room F

Ethical and legal issues in end-of-life in acute and chronic disorders of consciousness

Chairpersons:

S. Laureys (Liège, BE); J.L. Bernat (Lebanon, US)

ENS-AAN joint teaching course

13:30

Ethics of end-of-life in neurology

J.L. Bernat (Lebanon, US)

14:15

Substitute decision-making in neurology: ethico-legal discourses in Europe

R. Jox (Munich, DE)

15:00

Coffee break

15:30

Legal positions on letting-die in the vegetative state: an update

R. Elefante (Aulla, IT)

16:15

European differences on end-of-life attitudes in disorders of consciousness: the ENS survey

S. Laureys (Liège, BE)

This teaching course is based on the input of the ENS Subcommittee Coma
and Chronic Disorders of Consciousness (Chair: S. Laureys (Liège, BE))